Fishing-reel.



No- 875,694. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

i H. F. CRANDALL.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.B,1907.

OFFICE.

HENRY ORANDALL, OFMILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

FISHING-REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. '7, 1908.

Application filed April 8. 1907. Serial No. 366,931.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, HENRY F. CRANDALL,

a'citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing- Reels, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention relates to fishing reels designed to be secured to the butt end of a casting rod and operative to reel in the line and also allow the same to unwind therefrom during the operation of casting or otherwise as desired.

The object of the invention is to provide a reel with a spool and means that will automatically operate, during its winding movement, to cause it to rotate at varying angles relative to its support in a manner to cause the line to traverse from end to end thereof in orderly arrangement so as to insure a safe and certain unwinding of the-same without danger of becoming snarled as the line is rapidly delivered therefrom. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which' Figure 1 is a view of part of a casting rod having my improved reel mounted thereon; and Fig. 2 is an enlar ed in part sectional elevation showing the r etails of the mechanical construction of the device.

The same reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views.

1 represents the butt piece of an ordinary castin rod, and 2 a common form of releasable cl amping mechanism operative to connect the reel with the rod, 3 a laterally and upwardly curved arm provided with a sleeve portion 4 at its upper end. The sleeve is arranged transversely of the rod, and journaled therein is a spindle 5, forming part of a spool carrying member 6. The spindle is adapted to slide longitudinally relative to the sleeve, and secured to its outer end, in any preferred manner, is a crank 7, having clutch teeth 8 formed on the inner end, of its hub portion 9 that are adapted to engage with correspond ing clutch teeth 10 formed upon the outer end of the sleeve 4 when the spindle is caused to slide in a manner to bring the teeth into engagement.

, he s 001 carrying member 6 is provided with a s eeve portion 11 angularly disposed relative to the spindle 5, and 'journaled therein is a spool spindle 12, having a pinion 13 integral therewith.

14 is a gear secured to the inner end of the sleeve 4 coaxially with the spindle 5, and pinion 13 is adapted to mesh therewith and be rotated thereby when the spool carrying member is rotated orbitally thereabout; the gearing being a common form of planetary type. The sleeve 5 projects inwardly be yond the gear 14, and surrounding the same is a spring 15, operative between the hub of the gear and the spool sup )orting member in a manner to slide its spindle through the sleeve and disengage the pinion 13 from the gear.

The spool 16 is provided with an axial bore 17, and secured therein is a shell 18, having a reduced sleeve portion 19 that is slidably secured to'the outer end of the spindle 12, and the inner end of the sleeve within the shell portion contacts with the end of the sleeve 11 and the spindle is yieldingly pressed in a longitudinal direction to cause washer 19 to press against the opposite end of the sleeve by means of a spring 20 surrounding the sleeve 19 and operative between the shell portion and a nut 21 threaded upon the outer end of the spindle 12; the nut operating to govern the degree of pressure of the spring in the well-known wa In its preferred fbrm the axis of the spool is arranged at such an angle relative to the axis of the spindle 5 that if a line representing the latter be projected it would interce t a line representing the former substantial y midway between the ends of the spool; the result of such arrangement being that as the spool carrying member is rotated orbitally about its supportthe opposite ends of the spool will be given a gyratory movement, the

carrying member moves laterally in a mannerto disengage the gear members, the s 001 is free to rotate about its axis, controlle by the friction caused by the spring 20, and the carrying member is locked against rotation by engagement of the clutch members.

What I claim as being my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A fishing reel comprising, in combination, a'spool, means whereby it may be rotated both axially and orbitally, and means whereby the orbital rotation thereof may be suspended. 1

2. A fishing reel comprising, in combina tion, a spool, means whereby it may be rotated both axially and in a conical orbit, and means whereby the conical-orbital rotation thereof may be suspended.

3. A fishing reel comprising, in combination, a spool, means whereby it may be given both axial and gyratory rotation, and means whereby gyratory rotation thereof may be suspended.

4. A fishing reel comprising, in combination, a spool, means whereby said spool may be rotated axially and simultaneously given av gyratory movement at opposite ends thereof, and means whereby gyratory movement thereof may be suspended.

5. A fishing reel comprising, in combination, a spool, means whereby said spool may be rotated axially and simultaneously given a gyratory movement at opposite ends thereof, the center of gyration being substantially midway between opposite ends of the axis of said spool, and means whereby gyratory movement thereof may be suspended.

6. A fishing reel comprising, in combination, a support, a spool, a spool carrying member having said spool rotatably mounted thereon, said carrying member being journaled in said support and having its journal movable longitudinally therein.

7. A fishing reel comprising, in combination, a support, a spool, a spool carrying member having said spool rotatably mount.- ed thereon, said carrying member being j our- .n aled insaid support and having the axis of its journal at an angle with the axis of said spool and movable longitudinally in said support.

' 8. A fishing reel comprising, incombihation, a support, a spool, a spool carrying member having said spool rotatably mount' ed thereon, said carrying member being jour naled in said sup ort and movable longitudinally therein, a support coaxially with the journal of said carrying member, and av pinion rotatable with I said member and adapted to engage with;

said fixed gear.

9. A fishing reel comprising, in combination, a support, a spool, a spool carrying member having said spool'rotatably mounted thereon, said carrying member being journaled in said support, a fixed gear mounted I on said'supportcoaxially with the journal of' said carrying member, a pinion rotatable with said member and adapted to engage.

ed gear mounted on said with said fixed gear, and means for disengag ing said pinion and gear.,-

10. A fishing-reel com rising, combination, a support, a spoo a' spool carrying 'member having said spool rotatably mounted thereon, said'carrying member being journaled in said support, a fixed gear mounted on said support coaxially with the journal of said carrying member, a pinion rotatable with said member and-adapted to engage with said fixed gear, said member being movable longitudinally relative to its journal in a manner to disengage said pinion and gear.

11. A fishing reel comprising, in combina tion, a rotatable spool, means including a planetary gear whereby said spool may be rotated both axially and in a conical orbit, and

means whereby a conical-orbital rotation thereof may be sus ended.

12. A fishing ree comprising, in combination, a rotatable spool, means including a planetary gear whereby axial andgyratory rotation may be transmitted thereto, and

means whereby gyratory rotation thereof support, a fixed gear forming part of said support and arran ed coaxially with the journal of saidspool carrying member, and

a pmlon secured to said spindle and adapted to engage with said fixed gear.

14. A fishin reel comprisin in combination, a rotatabi spool secured thereto, a support, a spool carrying member having said spool spindle e spool, a spind e having said I journaled therein, a spindle forming part of I said spool carrying member and journaled in said support and adapted to slide longitudinally, a gear secured to said support and arranged coaxially with its spindle journal,

a pinion secured to said spool spindle and adapted to engage with said fixed gear when said spool carrying member is moved longitudinally in one direction, and a spring for moving said member in an opposite direction to disengage the pinion.

'15, Afishing reel comprisin in combination, a rotatab spool secured thereto, a support, a spool carrying member having said spool spindle e spool, a spind e having said.

journaled therein, a spindle forming-part of said carrying member and journaled in said support and adapted to slide longitudinally, a gear secured to said support and arranged coaxially with its spindle 'ournal, a pinion secured to-said spool spindfe and adapted to. engage'with said fixed gear when said spool carrying member is moved longitudinally in one direction, a spring for moving said mem- 5 tion, a rotatab ber in a direction to disengage said pinion, member is moved longitudinally in one diand means for locking said member against rection, aaclutch member secured to said rotation when the PlIllOIl is disengaged.

16. A fishing reel comprising, in combinae spool, a spindle having said spool secured thereto, a support, a spool carrying member having said spool spindle journaled therein,- a spindle forming part of said carrying member and iourna ed in a sleeve 'forming part of sai support and adapted to slide longitudinally therethrough,

a gear secured'to said sleeve and arrangedcoaxially therewith, a piniori secured tosaid spool spindle and adapted vto engage with 5 said fixed gear when said spool carrying carrier spindle and'adapted to engage with said sleeve in a manner to lock the carrier against rotation when the gears are disengaged.

17. A fishin reel comprising, in combination, a rotatable spool, and means including a planetary gear whereby said s 001 may be rotated both axially and orbita ly, and means for preventing orbital rotation thereof.

HENRY F. ORANDALTI Witnesses:

W. J. OARNEY, B. C. WAIT. 

